"A minority of one"... the definition of insanity.

The human beings did not hate Animal Farm any less now that it was prospering; indeed, they hated it more than ever.

The English are probably more capable than most peoples of making revolutionary change without bloodshed. In England, if anywhere,it would be possible to abolish poverty without destroying liberty.

The weariness of the cell is the vigour of the organism.

It was like swimming against a current that swept you backwards however hard you struggled, and then suddenly deciding to turn round and go with the current instead of opposing it. Nothing had changed except your own attitude: the predestined thing happened in any case.

Doublethink means the power of holding two contradictory beliefs in one's mind simultaneously, and accepting both of them.

All human relationships must be purchased with money.